..Patients asked to be included in fall risk communication and asked to be part of the team to prevent them from falling. Nurses need to share a consistent and clear message that they are there for patient safety...

Changes in health status, psychological distress, and quality of life in implantable cardioverter defibrillator recipients between 6 months and 1 year after implantation

..Text data identified unlimited visiting for close family members, the benefit of support from visitors, and the stress of lengthy visits. These data provide voice to cardiovascular patient's perception of visitors...

..000), and total mood score (t=-4.1, p<0.000) in subjects who received UC plus MI compared to UC. The inclusion of MI as a therapeutic intervention for neuroscience patients appears to decrease the emotional burden of hospitalization...

Quality of life in implanted cardioverter defibrillator recipients: the impact of a device shock

..The success of the implanted cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) in prolonging the life of patients with arrhythmia suggests a need to assess quality of life (QOL), especially in those who receive an ICD shock...

..There was a significant reduction in anxiety, from baseline to the PPV in Group 3 (F = 10.1; p < .000). A PPV had an impact on FMs and a PPV should be incorporated as a nursing intervention during ICP...

Human responses to pulmonary arterial hypertension: review of the literature

..Pulmonary arterial hypertension produced the emotional responses of anxiety, depression, and panic attacks along with impairments in cognition and memory as well as reductions in physical functioning...

..Within the challenging healthcare environment are nurses, patients, and patients' families. Families want proximity to their loved ones, but the benefits of such proximity depend on patients' conditions and family-patient dynamics...

..017). There were no other parameters that differentiated between these groups. These results demonstrate the need for further research to identify predictive clinical parameters for malnutrition in this vulnerable population...